Home folder empty and Login Screen loop

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Could you please post the output of

Code:

sudo parted --list
df -hT
cat /etc/fstab
mount | grep ^/dev

The lists:

Code:

Model: ATA ST380011A (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
1      32.3kB  34.4GB  34.4GB  primary  ntfs
2      34.4GB  70.9GB  36.6GB  primary  ext3         boot
3      70.9GB  80.0GB  9081MB  primary  fat32        lba


Model: ATA WDC WD1200JD-00H (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 120GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags
1      2096kB  120GB   120GB   extended                  boot
5      2097kB  34.4GB  34.4GB  logical   linux-swap(v1)
6      34.4GB  120GB   85.7GB  logical   ntfs


Model: ATA WDC WD2500AAKS-0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End    Size    Type      File system  Flags
1      1080kB  250GB  250GB   extended               lba
6      1081kB  233GB  233GB   logical   ntfs
5      233GB   250GB  17.2GB  logical   ext3

Code:

Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev           devtmpfs  2.4G     0  2.4G   0% /dev
tmpfs          tmpfs     496M  7.8M  489M   2% /run
/dev/shm       tmpfs    1002M  955M   48M  96% /cdrom
/dev/loop0     squashfs  910M  910M     0 100% /rofs
/cow           overlay   2.5G  546M  1.9G  23% /
tmpfs          tmpfs     2.5G   31M  2.4G   2% /dev/shm
tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
tmpfs          tmpfs     2.5G     0  2.5G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs          tmpfs     2.5G   12K  2.5G   1% /tmp
cgmfs          tmpfs     100K     0  100K   0% /run/cgmanager/fs
tmpfs          tmpfs     496M   52K  496M   1% /run/user/999
/dev/sdc6      fuseblk   217G  210G  7.7G  97% /media/linux/Miscellaneous
/dev/sda2      ext3       34G   15G   17G  48% /media/linux/Linux_Lite
/dev/sdc5      ext3       16G   45M   15G   1% /media/linux/LinuxHomePart

Code:

#[Partition] [Mount Point] [File System Type ("auto" is recommended)] [Options] [Dump (zero is recommended)] [File System Check Order (Linux Part.->1; all other->2)]
#[Operating System Disk]
    #Windows XP
    LABEL=HP_PAVILION /mnt/WinXP ntfs defaults,x-gvfs-show,x-gvfs-name=Windows%20XP,windows_names 0 2
    #Linux Lite
    LABEL=Linux_Lite / ext3 errors=remount-ro,x-gvfs-show,x-gvfs-name=Linux%20Lite 0 1
    #Windows Recovery
    LABEL=HP_RECOVERY /mnt/Recovery vfat ro,comment=x-gvfs-show 0 2
#[Temporary Disk]
    #Linux Swap
    UUID=f1a0ed12-b1e3-4b34-926f-cf5ed281cab8 none swap sw,x-gvfs-show 0 2
    #Temp. 2
    UUID=5084FA3363A07CE2 /mnt/Temp2 ntfs defaults,x-gvfs-show,windows_names 0 2
#[Miscellaneous]
    #Home (change from "/home2" to "/home" after Ubuntu re-install; add "#nodev,nosuid" to options)
    #LABEL=LinuxHomePart /home ext3 defaults 0 2
    #Misc.
    LABEL=Miscellaneous /mnt/Misc ntfs defaults,x-gvfs-show,windows_names 0 2
#Clips and Games
    #part=[param] /mnt/C&G auto defaults,x-gvfs-show 0 2
#Network
    #Remote
    #//[Server IP address or NetBIOS name]/[share folder]

Am I correct assuming you are not having a backup? And that you didn't check for the transferred files before you deleted the original? Or did you see them at some stage?

Forgot to ask:
Was your home on a separate partition?
Is that the one you're referring to by editing fstab?
How exactly did you delete it?

The only backup I had was unintentionally deleted;
the original /home was on the same partition as the system folders, but the new one wws not;
Yes, fstab appears to have done something with that folder;
and when home was assumedly copied in LL to the new part, I deleted the old folder in Puppy. Shortly following, both folders were possibly deleted in one instance.